Queer Studies (QS)

QS 262, *INTRODUCTION TO QUEER STUDIES, 3 Credits

Centering itself on activism and scholarship, this course examines homophobia's and transphobia's relationship with racism, colonialism, sexism, ableism, classism and other forms of oppression. Introduces key concepts, histories, and political frameworks within Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer political movements. CROSSLISTED as QS 262/WGSS 262. (Bacc Core Course)

Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination

Equivalent to: QS 262H, WGSS 262, WGSS 262H

Available via Ecampus

QS 262H, *INTRODUCTION TO QUEER STUDIES, 3 Credits

Centering itself on activism and scholarship, this course examines homophobia's and transphobia's relationship with racism, colonialism, sexism, ableism, classism and other forms of oppression. Introduces key concepts, histories, and political frameworks within Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer political movements. CROSSLISTED as QS 262/WGSS 262. (Bacc Core Course).

Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination; HNRS – Honors Course Designator

Equivalent to: QS 262, WGSS 262, WGSS 262H

QS 299, SPECIAL TOPICS, 3 Credits

This course is repeatable for 9 credits.

QS 321, *QUEER POP CULTURE, 3 Credits

Examines the concept of Queer popular culture through film, music, TV, image, and other mediums. Seeks to disrupt dominant discourses around gender and sexuality by centralizing women of color feminisms and queer of color critiques to analyze popular representations of gender, sexuality, race, class, disability, and other social locations. CROSSLISTED as QS 321/WGSS 321. (Bacc Core Course)

Attributes: CPSI – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Social Processes & Institutions

Equivalent to: WGSS 321

Available via Ecampus

QS 362, *SERVING LGBTQ+ COMMUNITIES, 3 Credits

Engages the ethics and responsibilities involved in serving LGBTQ+ communities in fields such as education, health, law, and social services for those entering and/or continuing professions in fields that historically underserve LGBTQ+ people. Topics include LGBTQ+ youth; LGBTQ+ elders; issues affecting LGBTQ+ people across their lifespans; approaches to cultural competency; violence against LGBTQ+ people, forms of oppression including heterosexism, homophobia, and transphobia; and LGBTQ+ community resilience. CROSSLISTED as QS 362/WGSS 362. (Bacc Core Course)

Attributes: CPSI – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Social Processes & Institutions

Equivalent to: WGSS 362

Available via Ecampus

QS 364, *TRANSGENDER POLITICS, 3 Credits

Addresses transgender politics--including non-binary and gender non-conforming issues--through feminist and intersectional approaches by analyzing transgender theories, arts, and activism. CROSSLISTED as QS 364/WGSS 364.

Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination

Equivalent to: QS 364H, WGSS 364, WGSS 364H

Available via Ecampus

QS 364H, *TRANSGENDER POLITICS, 3 Credits

Addresses transgender politics--including non-binary and gender non-conforming issues--through feminist and intersectional approaches by analyzing transgender theories, arts, and activism. CROSSLISTED as QS 364/WGSS 364.

Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination; HNRS – Honors Course Designator

Equivalent to: QS 364, WGSS 364, WGSS 364H

QS 375, *ARTS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE, 4 Credits

Explores concepts of structural inequality, difference, power, and discrimination through a critical survey of arts activism. Think critically about artwork and artists which address a number of social issues in the United States, including race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality, immigration, and indigeneity. CROSSLISTED as ES 375/QS 375/WGSS 375.

Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination

Equivalent to: ES 375, WGSS 375

QS 399, SPECIAL TOPICS IN QUEER STUDIES, 3 Credits

This course is repeatable for 12 credits.

QS 409, PRACTICUM: PROJECTS IN QUEER STUDIES, 1-12 Credits

Capstone projects bring theory into practice through research, design, and implementation of a project that synthesizes and demonstrates learning in the Queer Studies program.

This course is repeatable for 12 credits.

Available via Ecampus

QS 431, *QUEER OF COLOR CRITIQUES, 4 Credits

"Queer of color critiques" refers to political theories and activism that emerge from LGBTQ people of color to examine the intersections between race, sexuality and gender. Addresses these intersections through theory, history, and activism. CROSSLISTED as ES 431/QS 431/WGSS 431 and ES 531/QS 531/WGSS 531.

Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination

Equivalent to: ES 431, WGSS 431

Available via Ecampus

QS 432, *GENDER, SEXUALITY, AND THE PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE, 3 Credits

A creative and discussion-based course focusing on ways in which photography can and has addressed issues of gender and sexuality. An introduction to key concepts and intersections in Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies; Queer Studies and photography theory. Create written and photographic responses to artworks, texts, personal experience and pop-culture. CROSSLISTED as ART 432/QS 432/WGSS 432 and ART 532/QS 532.

Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination

Equivalent to: ART 432, WGSS 432

Available via Ecampus

QS 449, INDIGENOUS FEMINISMS, 4 Credits

Explores Indigenous feminisms as well as some of the issues facing Indigenous women in the Americas and Pacific Islands. Relates Indigenous feminisms to the complexity of federal law and policies as well as land struggles between Indigenous communities and contemporary settler colonial nations. Raises awareness of current Indigenous struggles as well as Indigenous feminist responses and resistance to these same struggles.

Equivalent to: ES 449, WGSS 449

Recommended: Critical thinking, evaluation, and synthesis skills

QS 462, *QUEER THEORIES, 4 Credits

Engages key themes and critical frameworks in queer theories. Topics include histories of sexuality; forms of oppression, including heterosexism, homophobia, and transphobia; resistance to oppression; violence against LGBTQ people; queer activism; diverse experiences of sexuality; and representations in literature, art, and popular media. CROSSLISTED as QS 462/WGSS 462 and QS 562/WGSS 562.

Attributes: CPCD – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Cultural Diversity

Equivalent to: WGSS 462

Available via Ecampus

QS 472, ^INDIGENOUS TWO-SPIRIT AND QUEER STUDIES, 4 Credits

"Two-spirit" refers to North American indigenous genders outside of European male/female binaries. Two-spirit communities argue for decolonization as a central political struggle, calling all people to unlearn settler colonial gender/sexuality on Native land. Addresses indigenous two-spirit/GLBTQ issues through theory, literature, activism, and art. CROSSLISTED as QS 472/WGSS 472.

Attributes: CSWC – Core Ed - Writing Intensive Curriculum (WIC); CWIC – Bacc Core, Skills, Writing Intensive Curriculum (WIC)

Equivalent to: ES 472, WGSS 472

Recommended: QS 262 or WGSS 414

QS 473, TRANSGENDER LIVES, 4 Credits

With a particular focus on transgender people of color and transnational constructions of gender, engages issues in the lives of Transgender people through autobiography, memoir, biography, poetry, and documentary film. CROSSLISTED as QS 473/WGSS 473 and QS 573/WGSS 573.

Equivalent to: WGSS 473

Recommended: WGSS 262/QS 262, WGSS 364/QS 364

QS 476, *TRANSNATIONAL SEXUALITIES, 4 Credits

Explores contemporary experiences of sexualities within transnational contexts. Analyzes themes including queer and LGBTQI organizing, same-sex desires, queer transnational immigration and labor flows, sex industries and discourses of trafficking, sex tourism, and reproductive justice, using feminist, queer, and postcolonial theoretical frameworks. CROSSLISTED as QS 476/WGSS 476 and QS 576/WGSS 576.

Attributes: CSGI – Bacc Core, Synthesis, Contemporary Global Issues

Prerequisite: QS 262 with D- or better or QS 262H with D- or better or WGSS 262 with D- or better or WGSS 262H with D- or better

Equivalent to: WGSS 476

QS 477, QUEER/TRANS PEOPLE OF COLOR ARTS AND ACTIVISM, 4 Credits

LGBTQ people of color often engage struggles for social justice through artistic movements. Focuses on arts by LGBTQ people of color and the way these artistic movements contribute to activism that interrupts interlocking systems of oppression. CROSSLISTED as ES 477/QS 477/WGSS 477 and ES 577/QS 577/WGSS 577.

Equivalent to: ES 477, WGSS 477

Recommended: QS 262 and QS 462

Available via Ecampus

QS 499, SPECIAL TOPICS IN QUEER STUDIES, 4 Credits

Topics in gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer issues and scholarship. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.

This course is repeatable for 12 credits.

QS 524, TRANS/GENDER POLITICS, 4 Credits

Addresses transgender politics--including transsexual, genderqueer, and gender non-conforming issues--through feminist and intersectional approaches by analyzing transgender theories, arts, and activism. CROSSLISTED as QS 524/WGSS 524.

Equivalent to: WGSS 524

QS 531, QUEER OF COLOR CRITIQUES, 4 Credits

"Queer of color critiques" refers to political theories and activism that emerge from LGBTQ people of color to examine the intersections between race, sexuality and gender. Addresses these intersections through theory, history, and activism. CROSSLISTED as ES 431/QS 431/WGSS 431 and ES 531/QS 531/WGSS 531.

Equivalent to: ES 531, WGSS 531

QS 532, GENDER, SEXUALITY, AND THE PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE, 3 Credits

A creative and discussion-based course focusing on ways in which photography can and has addressed issues of gender and sexuality. An introduction to key concepts and intersections in Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies; Queer Studies and photography theory. Create written and photographic responses to artworks, texts, personal experience and pop-culture. CROSSLISTED as ART 432/QS 432/WGSS 432 and ART 532/QS 532.

Equivalent to: ART 532, WGSS 532

Available via Ecampus

QS 549, INDIGENOUS FEMINISMS, 4 Credits

Explores Indigenous feminisms as well as some of the issues facing Indigenous women in the Americas and Pacific Islands. Relates Indigenous feminisms to the complexity of federal law and policies as well as land struggles between Indigenous communities and contemporary settler colonial nations. Raises awareness of current Indigenous struggles as well as Indigenous feminist responses and resistance to these same struggles.

Equivalent to: ES 549, WGSS 549

QS 562, QUEER THEORIES, 4 Credits

Engages key themes and critical frameworks in queer theories. Topics include histories of sexuality; forms of oppression, including heterosexism, homophobia, and transphobia; resistance to oppression; violence against LGBTQ people; queer activism; diverse experiences of sexuality; and representations in literature, art, and popular media. CROSSLISTED as QS 462/WGSS 462 and QS 562/WGSS 562.

Equivalent to: WGSS 562

QS 572, INDIGENOUS TWO-SPIRIT AND QUEER STUDIES, 4 Credits

"Two-spirit" refers to North American indigenous genders outside of European male/female binaries. Two-spirit communities argue for decolonization as a central political struggle, calling all people to unlearn settler colonial gender/sexuality on Native land. Addresses indigenous two-spirit/GLBTQ issues through theory, literature, activism, and art. CROSSLISTED as QS 472/WGSS 472 and QS 572/WGSS 572.

Equivalent to: ES 572, WGSS 572

Recommended: QS 262 or WGSS 414 or WGSS 514

QS 573, TRANSGENDER LIVES, 4 Credits

With a particular focus on transgender people of color and transnational constructions of gender, engages issues in the lives of Transgender people through autobiography, memoir, biography, poetry, and documentary film. CROSSLISTED as QS 473/WGSS 473 and QS 573/WGSS 573.

Equivalent to: WGSS 573

Recommended: WGSS 262/QS 262, WGSS 364/QS 364

QS 576, TRANSNATIONAL SEXUALITIES, 4 Credits

Explores contemporary experiences of sexualities within transnational contexts. Analyzes themes including queer and LGBTQI organizing, same-sex desires, queer transnational immigration and labor flows, sex industries and discourses of trafficking, sex tourism, and reproductive justice, using feminist, queer, and postcolonial theoretical frameworks. CROSSLISTED as QS 476/WGSS 476 and QS 576/WGSS 576.

Equivalent to: WGSS 576

Recommended: QS 262 or WGSS 262

QS 577, QUEER/TRANS PEOPLE OF COLOR ARTS AND ACTIVISM, 4 Credits

LGBTQ people of color often engage struggles for social justice through artistic movements. Focuses on arts by LGBTQ people of color and the way these artistic movements contribute to activism that interrupts interlocking systems of oppression. CROSSLISTED as ES 477/QS 477/WGSS 477 and ES 577/QS 577/WGSS 577.

Equivalent to: ES 577, WGSS 577

Recommended: QS 262 and QS 462

QS 599, SPECIAL TOPICS IN QUEER STUDIES, 4 Credits

Topics in gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer issues and scholarship. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.

This course is repeatable for 12 credits.